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Letter from the President

2003 Achievements

Financial Statements

NPR Officers and Board of Directors

NPR Foundation Board of Trustees

NPR President’s Council

Contributors

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2003 Annual Report

ALABAMABirmingham WBHM FM 90.3Dothan WRWA FM 88.7Gadsden WSGN FM 91.5Huntsville WJAB FM 90.9Huntsville WLRH FM 89.3Jacksonville WLJS FM 91.9Mobile WHIL FM 91.3Montgomery WVAS FM 90.7Montgomery/Troy WTSU FM 89.9Muscle Shoals WQPR FM 88.7Selma WAPR FM 88.3Tuscaloosa WUAL FM 91.5

ALASKAAnchorage KSKA FM 91.1Anchorage KNBA FM 90.3Barrow KBRW AM 680Barrow KBRW FM 91.9Bethel KYUK AM 640Chevak KCUK FM 88.1Dillingham KDLG AM 670Fairbanks KUAC FM 89.9Galena KIYU AM 910Glennallen KXGA FM 90.5Haines KHNS FM102.3Homer KBBI AM 890Juneau KTOO FM104.3Kenai KDLL FM 91.9Ketchikan KRBD FM105.9Kodiak KMXT FM100.1Kotzebue KOTZ AM 720McCarthy KXKM FM 89.7McGrath KSKO AM 870Petersburg KFSK FM100.9Sand Point KSDP AM 830Sitka KCAW FM104.7St. Paul KUSB FM 91.9Talkeetna KTNA FM 88.5Unalaska KIAL AM 1450Valdez KCHU AM 770Wrangell KSTK FM101.7

ARIZONAFlagstaff KPUB FM 91.7Flagstaff KNAU FM 88.7Drake KJZA FM 89.5Grand Canyon KNAG FM 90.3Hotevilla KUYI FM 88.1Page KNAD FM 91.7Phoenix KBAQ FM 89.5Phoenix KJZZ FM 91.5Prescott KNAQ FM 89.3Show Low KNAA FM 90.7Tuba City KGHR FM 91.5Tucson KUAT FM 90.5Tucson KUAZ AM 1550Tucson KUAZ FM 89.1White River KNNB FM 88.1Yuma KAWC AM 1320Yuma KAWC FM 88.9

ARKANSASEl Dorado KBSA FM 90.9Fayetteville KUAF FM 91.3Jonesboro KASU FM 91.9Little Rock KLRE FM 90.5Little Rock KUAR FM 89.1

CALIFORNIAArcata KHSU FM 90.5Bakersfield KPRX FM 89.1Burney KNCA FM 89.7Chico KCHO FM 91.7Crescent City KHSR FM 91.9Fresno KVPR FM 89.3Groveland KXSR FM 91.7Indio KCRI FM 89.3Long Beach KKJZ FM 88.1Los Angeles KUSC FM 91.5Mt. Shasta KNSQ FM 88.1North Highlands KQEI FM 89.3Northridge KCSN FM 88.5Oxnard KCRU FM 89.1Pacific Grove KAZU FM 90.3Palm Springs KPSC FM 88.5Pasadena KPCC FM 89.3Philo KZYX FM 90.7Redding KFPR FM 88.9Rio Dell KNHT FM107.3Sacramento KXJZ FM 88.9Sacramento KXPR FM 90.9San Ardo KBDH FM 91.7Santa Barbara KQSC FM 88.7Santa Barbara KSBX FM 89.5San Bernardino KVCR FM 91.9San Diego KPBS FM 89.5San Diego KSDS FM 88.3San Francisco KALW FM 91.7San Francisco KQED FM 88.5San Luis Obispo KCBX FM 90.1San Mateo KCSM FM 91.1Santa Barbara KFAC FM 88.7Santa Cruz KUSP FM 88.9Santa Monica KCRW FM 89.9Santa Rosa KRCB FM 91.1Stockton KUOP FM 91.3Sutter KXJS FM 88.7Tahoe City KKTO FM 90.5Thousand Oaks KCLU FM 88.3Thousand Oaks KDSC FM 91.1Willits KZYZ FM 91.5Yreka KNYR FM 91.3

COLORADOAlamosa KRZA FM 88.7Aspen KAJX FM 91.5Boulder KCFC AM 1490Carbondale KDNK FM 90.5Carbondale KCJX FM 88.9Colorado Springs KRCC FM 91.5Cortez KSJD FM 91.5Crested Butte KBUT FM 90.3

Delta KPRU FM103.3Denver KCFR AM 1340Denver KUVO FM 89.3Denver KVOD FM 90.1Grand Junction KPRN FM 89.5Greeley KUNC FM 91.5Ignacio KSUT FM 91.3Ignacio KUTE FM 90.1La Junta KRLJ FM 89.1Montrose KPRH FM 88.3Montrose KVMT FM 89.1Paonia KVNF FM 90.9Pueblo KCFP FM 91.9Pueblo KKPC AM 1230Telluride KOTO FM 91.7Vail KPRE FM 89.9

CONNECTICUTFairfield WSHU FM 91.1Meriden WPKT FM 90.5Norwich WNPR FM 89.1Norwich WNCH FM 88.1Stamford WEDW FM 88.5Westport WSHU AM 1260Willimantic WECS FM 90.1

DELAWAREDover WRTX FM 91.7

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWAMU FM 88.5 WETA FM 90.9

FLORIDAFt. Myers WGCU FM 90.1Ft. Pierce WQCS FM 88.9Gainesville WUFT FM 89.1Inverness WJUF FM 90.1Jacksonville WJCT FM 89.9Melbourne WFIT FM 89.5Miami WLRN FM 91.3Orlando WMFE FM 90.7Orlando WUCF FM 89.9Panama City WFSW FM 89.1Panama City WKGC AM 1480Panama City WKGC FM 90.7Pensacola WUWF FM 88.1Tallahassee WFSQ FM 91.5Tallahassee WFSU FM 88.9Tampa WMNF FM 88.5Tampa WUSF FM 89.7W. Palm Beach WXEL FM 90.7

GEORGIAAlbany WUNV FM 91.7Athens WUGA FM 91.7Atlanta WABE FM 90.1Atlanta WCLK FM 91.9Augusta WACG FM 90.7Brunswick WWIO FM 89.1Carrolton WUWGFM 90.7Columbus WTJB FM 91.7Dahlonega WNGU FM 89.5Demorest WPPR FM 88.3Ft. Gaines WJWV FM 90.9Macon WDCO FM 89.7St. Marys WECC AM 1190Savannah WSVH FM 91.1Tifton WABR FM 91.1Valdosta WWET FM 91.7Warm Springs WJSP FM 88.1Waycross WXVS FM 90.1

GUAMAgana KPRG FM 89.3

HAWAIIHilo KANO FM 91.1Honolulu KHPR FM 88.1Honolulu KIPO FM 89.3Wailuku KKUA FM 90.7

IDAHOBoise KBSU AM 730Boise KBSU FM 90.3Boise KBSX FM 91.5Bonners Ferry KIBX FM 92.1Burley KBSY FM 88.5Cottonwood KNWO FM 90.1McCall KBSK FM 89.9McCall KBSM FM 91.7McCall KBSQ FM 90.7Moscow KRFA FM 91.7Pocatello KISU FM 91.1Rexburg KBYI FM100.5Sun Valley KWRV FM 91.9Twin Falls KEZJ AM 1450Twin Falls KBSW FM 91.7

ILLINOISCarbondale WSIU FM 91.9Champaign WEFT FM 90.1Chicago WBEZ FM 91.5DeKalb WNIU FM 90.5Edwardsville WSIE FM 88.7Freeport WNIE FM 89.1LaSalle WNIW FM 91.5Macomb WIUM FM 91.3Morris WBEQ FM 90.7Mt. Vernon WVSI FM 88.9Normal WGLT FM 89.1Olney WUSI FM 90.3Peoria WCBU FM 89.9Pittsfield WIPA FM 89.3Quincy WQUB FM 90.3Rock Island WVIK FM 90.3Rockford WNIJ FM 89.5Springfield WUIS FM 91.9Sterling WNIQ FM 91.5Urbana WILL AM 580Urbana WILL FM 90.9Warsaw WIUW FM 89.5

INDIANAAnderson WBSB FM 89.5Bloomington WFIU FM103.7Chestertown WBEW FM 89.5Elkhart WVPE FM 88.1

Evansville WNIN FM 88.3Fort Wayne WBNI FM 91.3Hagerstown WBSH FM 91.1Indianapolis WFYI FM 90.1Lafayette WBAA AM 920Marion WBSW FM 90.9Muncie WBST FM 92.1N. Manchester WBKE FM 89.5Orland WBOI FM 89.1Portland WBSJ FM 91.7Richmond WVXR FM 89.3West Lafayette WBAA FM101.3

IOWAAmes WOI AM 640Ames WOI FM 90.1Carroll KWOI FM 90.7Cedar Falls KUNI FM 90.9Cedar Rapids KCCK FM 88.3Decorah KLCD FM 89.5Decorah KLNI FM 88.7Fort Dodge KTPR FM 91.1Iowa City WSUI AM 910Iowa City KSUI FM 91.7Mason City KRNI AM 1010Mason City KUNY FM 91.5Okoboji KOJI FM 90.7Sioux City KWIT FM 90.3

KANSASEmporia KANH FM 89.7Garden City KANZ FM 91.1Great Bend KHCT FM 90.9Hays KZAN FM 91.7Hill City KZNA FM 90.5Hutchinson KHCC FM 90.1Lawrence KANU FM 91.5Olsburg KANV FM 91.3Pittsburg KRPS FM 89.9Salina KHCD FM 89.5Wichita KMUW FM 89.1

KENTUCKYBooneville WOCS FM 88.3Bowling Green WKYU FM 88.9Corbin WEKF FM 88.5Elizabethtown WKUE FM 90.9Hazard WEKH FM 90.9Henderson WKPB FM 89.5Highland Heights WNKU FM 89.7Lexington WUKY FM 91.3Louisville WFPL FM 89.3Morehead WMKY FM 90.3Murray WKMS FM 91.3Richmond WEKU FM 88.9Somerset WDCL FM 89.7

LOUISIANAAlexandria KLSA FM 90.7Baton Rouge WBRH FM 90.3Baton Rouge WRKF FM 89.3Lafayette KRVS FM 88.7Monroe KEDM FM 90.3New Orleans WWNOFM 89.9Shreveport KDAQ FM 89.9Thibodaux KTLN FM 90.5

MAINEBangor WMEH FM 90.9Calais WMED FM 89.7Camden WMEP FM 90.5Fort Kent WMEF FM106.5Lewiston WMEA FM 90.1Presque Isle WMEM FM106.1Waterville WMEWFM 91.3

MARIANAS PACIFICSaipan KRNM FM 88.1

MARYLANDBaltimore WEAA FM 88.9Baltimore WYPR FM 88.1Frostburg WFWMFM 91.9Hagerstown WETH FM 89.1Ocean City WSDL FM 90.7Princess Anne WESM FM 91.3Salisbury WSCL FM 89.5Worton WKHS FM 90.5

MASSACHUSETTSAmherst WFCR FM 88.5Amherst WPNI AM 1430Boston WBUR FM 90.9Boston WGBH FM 89.7Boston WUMB FM 91.9Falmouth WFPB FM 91.9Great Barrington WAMQ FM105.1Harwich WCCT FM 90.3Nantucket WNAN FM 91.1Newburyport WNAF FM 91.7Orleans WFPB AM 1170Sandwich WSDH FM 91.5W. Yarmouth WBUR AM 1240Woods Hole WCAI FM 90.1Worcester WBPR FM 91.9Worcester WICN FM 90.5

MICHIGANAllendale WGVU FM 88.5Alpena WCML FM 91.7Ann Arbor WUOMFM 91.7Bay City WUCX FM 90.1Detroit WDET FM101.9East Jordan WICV FM100.9East Lansing WKAR AM 870East Lansing WKAR FM 90.5Flint WFUM FM 91.1Grand Rapids WBLU FM 88.9Grand Rapids WVGR FM104.1Harbor Springs WCMWFM103.9Houghton WGGL FM 91.9Interlochen WIAA FM 88.7Kalamazoo WMUK FM102.1Kentwood WGVU AM 1480Lansing WLNZ FM 89.7Manistee WVXM FM 97.7Marquette WNMU FM 90.1Mt. Pleasant WCMU FM 89.5

Muskegon WGVS AM 850Oscoda WCMB FM 95.7Rogers City WVXA FM 96.7Sault Ste. Marie WCMZ FM 98.3Standish WWCMFM 96.9Traverse City WICA FM 91.5Twin Lake WBLV FM 90.3Whitehall WGVS FM 95.3Ypsilanti WEMU FM 89.1

MINNESOTAAppleton KNCM FM 88.5Appleton KRSU FM 91.3Bemidji KCRB FM 88.5Bemidji KNBJ FM 91.3Brainerd KBPN FM 88.3Brainerd KBPR FM 90.7Buhl WIRN FM 92.5Collegeville KNSR FM 88.9Collegeville KSJR FM 90.1Duluth WSCD FM 92.9Duluth WSCN FM100.5Fergus Falls KCMF FM 89.7Grand Marais WMLS FM 88.7Grand Rapids KAXE FM 91.7La Crescent KXLC FM 91.1Moorhead KCCD FM 90.3Moorhead KCCM FM 91.1Northfield WCAL FM 89.3Rochester KLSE FM 91.7Rochester KMSE FM 88.7Rochester KZSE FM 90.7St. Paul KNOW FM 91.1St. Paul KSJN FM 99.5St. Peter KGAC FM 88.1St. Peter KNGA FM 91.5Thief River Falls KQMN FM 91.5Thief River Falls KNTN FM102.7Virginia-Hibbing WIRR FM 90.9Worthington KNSW FM 91.7Worthington KRSW FM 89.3

MISSISSIPPIBiloxi WMAH FM 90.3Booneville WMAE FM 89.5Bude WMAU FM 88.9Greenwood WMAO FM 90.9Holly Springs WURC FM 88.1Jackson WJSU FM 88.5Jackson WMPN FM 91.3Lorman WPRL FM 91.7Meridian WMAWFM 88.1Mississippi State WMAB FM 89.9Oxford WMAV FM 90.3Senatobia WKNA FM 88.9

MISSOURIBranson KSMS FM 90.5Cape Girardeau KRCU FM 90.9Chillicothe KRNW FM 88.9Columbia KBIA FM 91.3Columbia KOPN FM 89.5Kansas City KCUR FM 89.3Maryville KXCV FM 90.5Rolla KUMR FM 88.5Springfield KSMU FM 91.1St. Louis KWMU FM 90.7Warrensburg KTBG FM 90.9West Plains KSMW FM 90.9

MONTANABillings KEMC FM 91.7Bozeman KBMC FM102.1Butte KAPC FM 91.3Fort Belknap KGVA FM 88.1Great Falls KGPR FM 89.9Hamilton KUFN FM 91.9Helena KUHM FM 91.7Kalispell KUKL FM 89.9Miles City KECC FM 90.7Missoula KUFM FM 89.1

NEBRASKAAlliance KTNE FM 91.1Bassett KMNE FM 90.3Chadron KCNE FM 91.9Hastings KHNE FM 89.1Lexington KLNE FM 88.7Lincoln KUCV FM 91.1Merriman KRNE FM 91.5Norfolk KXNE FM 89.3North Platte KPNE FM 91.7Omaha KIOS FM 91.5

NEVADAElko KNCC FM 91.5Jackpot KBSJ FM 91.3Las Vegas KCNV FM 89.7Las Vegas KNPR FM 89.5Las Vegas KUNV FM 91.5Las Vegas KWPR FM 88.7Las Vegas KCEP FM 88.1Panaca KLNR FM 91.7Reno KUNR FM 88.7Tonopah KTPH FM 91.7

NEW HAMPSHIREConcord WEVO FM 89.1Gorham WEVC FM107.1Hanover WEVH FM 91.3Jackson WEVJ FM 99.5Keene WEVN FM 90.7

NEW JERSEYAtlantic City WNJN FM 89.7Berlin WNJS FM 88.1Bridgeton WNJB FM 89.3Cape May WNJZ FM 90.3Hackettstown WNTI FM 91.9Lincroft WBJB FM 90.5Manahawkin WNJM FM 89.9Newark WBGO FM 88.3Ocean Cty/Atl. Cty WRTQ FM 91.3Sussex WNJP FM 88.5Trenton WNJT FM 88.1

NEW MEXICOAlbuquerque KANW FM 89.1

Albuquerque KUNM FM 89.9Dulce KCIE FM 90.5Gallup KGLP FM 91.7Las Cruces KRWG FM 90.7Magdalena KABR AM 1500Maljamar KMTH FM 98.7Portales KENW FM 89.5Ramah KTDB FM 89.7Santa Rosa KNLK FM 91.9

NEW YORKAlbany WAMC AM 1400Albany WAMC FM 90.3Binghamton WSKG FM 89.3Binghamton WSQX FM 91.5Blue Mtn. Lake WXLH FM 91.3Brooklyn WNYE FM 91.5Brookville WCWP FM 88.1Buffalo WBFO FM 88.7Buffalo WNED AM 970Buffalo WNED FM 89.3Canajoharie WCAN FM 93.3Canton WSLU FM 89.5Corning WSQE FM 91.1Fredonia WCVF FM 91.3Geneva WEOS FM 89.7Hornell WSQA FM 88.7Houghton WJSL FM 90.3Ithaca WSQG FM 90.9Jamestown WUBJ FM 88.1Jeffersonville WJFF FM 90.5Kingston WAMK FM 90.9Malone WSLO FM 90.9Middletown WOSR FM 91.7New York City WFUV FM 90.7New York City WNYC AM 820New York City WNYC FM 93.9North Creek WXLG FM 89.9Olean WOLN FM 91.3Oneonta WSQC FM 91.7Oswego WRVO FM 89.9Oswego WRVD FM 90.3Peru WXLU FM 88.3Plattsburgh WCEL FM 91.9Poughkeepsie WRHV FM 88.7Rochester WXXI AM 1370Rochester WXXI FM 91.5Rochester WRUR FM 88.5Saranac Lake WSLL FM 90.5Schenectady WMHT FM 89.1Selden WSUF FM 89.9Southampton WLIU FM 88.3Southampton WRLI FM 91.3Syracuse WAER FM 88.3Syracuse WCNY FM 91.3Ticonderoga WANC FM103.9Utica WRVN FM 91.9Utica WUNY FM 89.5Watertown WJNY FM 90.9Watertown WRVJ FM 91.7Watertown WSLJ FM 88.9

NORTH CAROLINAAsheville WCQS FM 88.1Atlantic Beach WBJD FM 91.5Buxton WBUX FM 90.5Chapel Hill WUNC FM 91.5Charlotte WFAE FM 90.7Davidson WDAV FM 89.9Durham WNCU FM 90.7Elizabeth City WRVS FM 89.9Fayetteville WFSS FM 91.9Franklin WFQS FM 91.3Hickory WFHE FM 90.3Kinston WKNS FM 90.3Manteo WUND FM 88.9Manteo WURI FM 91.5Nalina WZRN FM 90.5New Bern WTEB FM 89.3New Bern WZNB FM 88.5Raleigh WSHA FM 88.9Raleigh WCPE FM 89.7Roanoke Rapids WZRU FM 88.5Rocky Mount WRQM FM 90.9Spindale WNCWFM 88.7Wilmington WHQR FM 91.3Winston-Salem WFDD FM 88.5Winston-Salem WSNC FM 90.5

NORTH DAKOTABelcourt KEYA FM 88.5Bismarck KCND FM 90.5Dickinson KDPR FM 89.9Fargo KDSU FM 91.9Grand Forks KUND FM 89.3Grand Forks KUND AM 1370Grand Forks KFJM FM 89.3Jamestown KPRJ FM 91.5Minot KMPR FM 88.9Williston KPPR FM 89.5

OHIOAthens WOUB AM 1340Athens WOUB FM 91.3Bryan WGBE FM 90.9Cambridge WOUC FM 89.1Chillicothe WOUH FM 91.9Chillicothe WVXC FM 89.3Cincinnati WGUC FM 90.9Cincinnati WVXU FM 91.7Cleveland WCPN FM 90.3Columbus WCBE FM 90.5Columbus WOSU AM 820Columbus WOSU FM 89.7Coshocton WOSE FM 91.1Dayton WDPR FM 88.1Defiance WGDE FM 91.9Ironton WOUL FM 89.1Kent WKSU FM 89.7Lima WGLE FM 90.7Mansfield WOSV FM 91.7Marion WOSB FM 91.1Norwalk WNRK FM 90.7New Philadelphia WKRJ FM 91.5Oxford WMUB FM 88.5

Portsmouth WOSP FM 91.5Thompson WSKV FM 89.1Toledo WGTE FM 91.3West Union WVXW FM 89.5Wilberforce WCSU FM 88.9Wooster WKRW FM 89.3Yellow Springs WYSO FM 91.3Youngstown WYSU FM 88.5Zanesville WOUZ FM 90.1

OKLAHOMAAltus KOCU FM 90.1Ardmore KLCU FM 90.3Clinton KYCU FM 89.1Lawton KCCU FM 89.3Norman KGOU FM106.3Oklahoma City KROU FM105.7Stillwater KOSU FM 91.7Tulsa KWGS FM 89.5

OREGONAshland KAGI AM 930Ashland KSJK AM 1230Ashland KSMF FM 89.1Ashland KSRG FM 88.3Ashland KSOR FM 90.1Astoria KMUN FM 91.9Bend KOAB FM 91.3Coos Bay KSBA FM 88.5Corvallis KOAC AM 550Eugene KLCC FM 89.7Eugene KRVM AM 1280Florence KLFO FM 88.1Gresham KMHD FM 89.1Klamath Falls KLMF FM 88.5Klamath Falls KSKF FM 90.9Myrtle Point KOOZ FM 94.1Newport KLCO FM 90.5Pendleton KRBM FM 90.9Portland KOPB FM 91.5Reedsport KLFR FM 89.1Roseburg KSRS FM 91.5Roseburg KTBR AM 950Tillamook KTCB FM 89.5

PENNSYLVANIAAllentown WDIY FM 88.1Erie WQLN FM 91.3Harrisburg WITF FM 89.5Harrisburg WXPH FM 88.1Huntingdon WKVR FM 92.3Johnstown WQEJ FM 89.7Kane WPSB FM 90.1Mt. Pocono WRTY FM 91.1Philadelphia WHYY FM 90.9Philadelphia WRTI FM 90.1Philadelphia WXPN FM 88.5Pittsburgh WDUQ FM 90.5Pittsburgh WQED FM 89.3Pittsburgh WYEP FM 91.3Scranton WVIA FM 89.9State College WPSU FM 91.5Summerdale WJAZ FM 91.7

PUERTO RICORio Piedras WRTU FM 89.7San Juan WOSO AM 1030

RHODE ISLANDN. Providence WRNI AM 1290Westerly WXNI AM 1230

SOUTH CAROLINAAiken WLJK FM 89.1Beaufort WJWJ FM 89.9Charleston WSCI FM 89.3Columbia WLTR FM 91.3Conway WHMC FM 90.1Greenville WEPR FM 90.1Orangeburg WSSB FM 90.3Rock Hill WNSC FM 88.9Sumter WRJA FM 88.1

SOUTH DAKOTABrookings KESD FM 88.3Faith KPSD FM 97.1Lowry KQSD FM 91.9Martin KZSD FM102.5Pierpont KDSD FM 90.9Rapid City KBHE FM 89.3Reliance KTSD FM 91.1Sioux Falls KCSD FM 90.9Sioux Falls KRSD FM 88.1Vermillion KUSD FM 89.7

TENNESSEEChattanooga WUTC FM 88.1Collegedale WSMC FM 90.5Cookeville WHRS FM 91.7Dyersberg WKNQ FM 90.7Jackson WKNP FM 90.1Johnson City WETS FM 89.5Knoxville WUOT FM 91.9Madison WPLN AM 1430Memphis WKNO FM 91.1Murfreesboro WMOT FM 89.5Nashville WPLN FM 90.3Tullahoma WTML FM 91.5

TEXASAbilene KACU FM 89.7Austin KUT FM 90.5Beaumont KVLU FM 91.3College Station KAMU FM 90.9Commerce KETR FM 88.9Corpus Christi KEDT FM 90.3Dallas KERA FM 90.1Denton KNTU FM 88.1El Paso KTEP FM 88.5Harlingen KMBH FM 88.9Houston KUHF FM 88.7Houston KTSU FM 90.9Ingram KTXI FM 90.1Lubbock KOHM FM 89.1Lufkin KLDN FM 88.9McAllen KHID FM 88.1Odessa KOCV FM 91.3Prairie View KPVU FM 91.3

San Angelo KUTX FM 90.1San Antonio KSTX FM 89.1San Antonio KPAC FM 88.3Spearman KTOT FM 89.5Texarkana KTXK FM 91.5Victoria KVRT FM 90.7Waco KWBU FM103.3Wichita Falls KMCU FM 88.7

UTAHCoalville KCUA FM 92.5Logan KUSU FM 91.5Logan KUSR FM 89.5Provo KBYU FM 89.1Salt Lake City KCPW FM 88.3Salt Lake City KPCW FM 91.9Salt Lake City KUER FM 90.1Tooele KCPW AM 1010

US VIRGIN ISLANDSSt. Thomas WVGN FM107.3

VERMONTBennington WBTN FM 94.3Burlington WVPS FM107.9Rutland WRVT FM 88.7St. Johnsbury WVPA FM 88.5Windsor WVPR FM 89.5

VIRGINIACharlottesville WVTU FM 89.3Charlottesville WVTW FM 88.5Charlottesville WMRY FM103.5Christiansburg WWVT AM 1260Farmville WMLU FM 91.3Ferrum WFFC FM 89.9Harrisonburg WMRA FM 90.7Lexington WMRL FM 89.9Marion WVTR FM 91.9Norfolk WHRO FM 90.3Norfolk WHRV FM 89.5Norfolk WNSB FM 91.1Richmond WCVE FM 88.9Roanoke WVTF FM 89.1Wise WISE FM 90.5

WASHINGTONBellingham KZAZ FM 91.7Clarkston KNWV FM 90.5Ellensburg KNWR FM 90.7Moses Lake KLWS FM 91.5Mount Vernon KMWS FM 90.1Omak KQWS FM 90.1Port Angeles KNWP FM 90.1Pullman KWSU AM 1250Pullman KRFA FM 91.7Richland KFAE FM 89.1Seattle KEXP FM 90.3Seattle KUOW FM 94.9Spokane KPBX FM 91.1Spokane KSFC FM 91.9Seattle/Tacoma KPLU FM 88.5Walla Walla KWWS FM 89.7Yakima KNWY FM 90.3

WEST VIRGINIABeckley WVPB FM 91.7Buckhannon WVPW FM 88.9Charleston WVPN FM 88.5Huntington WVWV FM 89.9Martinsburg WVEP FM 88.9Morgantown WVPM FM 90.9Parkersburg WVPG FM 90.3Petersburg WAUA FM 89.5Wheeling WVNP FM 89.9

WISCONSINAppleton WLFM FM 91.1Auburndale WLBL AM 930Brule WHSA FM 89.9Delafield WHAD FM 90.7Eau Claire WUEC FM 89.7Green Bay WHID FM 88.1Green Bay WPNE FM 89.3Hayward WOJB FM 88.9Highland WHHI FM 91.3Kenosha WGTD FM 91.1La Crosse WHLA FM 90.3La Crosse WLSU FM 88.9Madison WERN FM 88.7Madison WHA AM 970Menomonie WHWCFM 88.3Menomonie WVSS FM 90.7Milwaukee WUWMFM 89.7Oshkosh WRST FM 90.3Park Falls WHBM FM 90.3Rhinelander WXPR FM 91.7River Falls WRFW FM 88.7Sheboygan WSHS FM 91.7Sister Bay WHDI FM 91.1Sister Bay WHND FM 89.7Superior KUWS FM 91.3Wausau WHRM FM 90.9Wausau WLBL FM 91.9Wausau WXPW FM 91.9

WYOMINGAfton KUWA FM 91.3Buffalo KBUW FM 90.5Casper KUWC FM 91.3Douglas KDUW FM 91.7Ethete KWRR FM 89.5Gillette KUWG FM 90.9Gillette KYPR FM 88.9Jackson KUWJ FM 90.3Laramie KUWR FM 91.9Newcastle KUWN FM 90.5Pinedale KUWX FM 90.9Powell KUWP FM 90.1Rock Springs KUWZ FM 90.5Sheridan KSUW FM 91.3Sundance KUWD FM 91.5Thermopolis KUWT FM 91.3

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2 003 was a remarkable, turbulent, yet ultimately successful period for NPR. We faced tremendous challenges, most notably the complex demands of covering the war in Iraq and other major news developments. Our strong performance during this period attests to the strength of our organization and

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In a year characterized by intense news events, NPR has been proud to provide insightful, balanced news programming on the air and online that helps make sense of the often confusing wash of information surroundingus every day. NPR went past the surface issues to give our listeners deeper insight into the ideas and individualsshaping the important stories of the day. We wove hard news with human-interest coverage to create a space forlisteners to experience and reflect upon different perspectives on the day’s developments.

Nothing exemplifies this point more than our in-depth coverage of the Iraq war. NPR covered this story from allsides, combining gripping first-hand descriptions of the action on the ground in Iraq with hard-hitting reports on the political battles being waged at home.

With the news in fall 2003 of Joan B. Kroc’s remarkable bequest, the future of NPR is even brighter. But seriousfunding challenges remain. With the majority of those funds designated for our endowment, the gift will generateless than ten percent of NPR’s operating budget. NPR will still have to raise substantial funds each year to continue our critical service to the nation. NPR must sustain and grow our tradition of excellence – a tradition thatis valued and celebrated by public radio listeners and necessary to the survival of our member stations. Our highstandards have set equally high expectations, and to meet them, we must continue to call on our supporters tochampion our work for many years to come.

Kevin KloseNPR President and CEO

Kevin Klose

War in Iraq: Capturing the Story

A s bombs fell in Baghdad, NPR correspondent AnneGarrels, the only U.S. broadcast journalist to remain in the city during the initial invasion, reported in a steady but

strained voice on the bloodshed and chaos she witnessed.

On NPR, listeners encountered the Iraq war in all its complexities, asour hosts and correspondents relayed more than 2,600 sound-richnarratives of the conflict from their posts at home and abroad. Dailycoverage of developments in the war were punctuated by powerfulstorytelling and breaking news that led listeners through the smokeand confusion surrounding the war to clear-eyed examinations of thepeople, strategies, decisions, and debates it involved.

From coverage of discussions in the halls of Congress byCongressional Reporter Andrea Seabrook to vivid reports from embedded journalists including Eric Westervelt and JohnBurnett, NPR correspondents brought listeners the voices, sounds, and stories of the conflict.

Throughout the events leading up to the Iraq War and beyond, millions of listeners turned to NPR News for comprehensive, thoughtful coverage of this deeply complex international event.

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Anne Garrels

Andrea Seabrook

Eric Westervelt

John Burnett (also at left)

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In 2004, NPR’s coverage of the Iraq War was honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia

University Award Silver Baton. The awards committee praised NPR for “ambitious, dramatic,

personal, and intelligent coverage that uses the medium in extraordinarily creative ways.”

All day long, the sound of rockets,

anti-aircraft guns, and artillery pressed

in from all directions. The fog of sand

and smoke from the oil fires lit by the

Iraqis enveloped the city. Drivers who

dared to venture out couldn’t see what

was going on just a few blocks down

the road. Anne Garrels, All Things Considered,® 4/7/03

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Studio

Reception Area

...the new state-of-the-art West Coast production

studios...exemplify the network’s desire to break

free of its D.C. base and stretch out, both

physically and philosophically. Los Angeles Times

NPR West:

I n an age of sound bytes and sensationalism, NPR’s long-form,thoughtful journalism continues to engage, enlighten, andinspire. In 2003, listeners turned to NPR and npr.org in ever-

growing numbers to learn more about their world and the latest onmajor news events.

For the 18th consecutive year, NPR programming set new records in 2003, capping audience growth of 64 percent in the last fiveyears with an all-time high of more than 22 million average listenersper week. NPR's newest show, Day to Day,sm also set audiencerecords for a new NPR program, reaching more than one million listeners after being on the air for just six months.

With limited resources but strong community connections, NPR stations continue to attract record numbers of listeners. Surveys findthat currently, about one in nine Americans over age 25 tunes in toNPR programming on their local station every week, and on average,these people spend about 4.5 hours a week listening to NPR programming.

Online, npr.org averaged 2.2 million monthly unique visitors and almost 50 million total visits, with most of those visits taking place during the work day. Through npr.org, visitors e-mailed more than one-half million NPR stories to their friends and family, sharing theirfavorite NPR moments and spurring e-mail exchanges about impor-tant issues and topics of the moment. At the peak of the lead-up tothe war in Iraq, 45,000 simultaneous users were listening to the NPR online program stream. On the day the war began, 326,000 visitorscame to the site — eclipsing previous daily Web audience counts.

Our place in listeners’ lives is critical to the American experience, fostering the community engagement and civic discourse thatupholds our democracy and our society. On the air and online, NPR and our member stations will continue to serve public radio’sever-growing audience in still greater and more valuable ways.

Audience Growth: Solid Gains and Historic Highs

I get the whole world on NPR: all the

continents here and all the continents

there, the moon, Mars...that’s one of the

real strengths of NPR.Lowell Dodge, listener, Washington, DC

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New Voices and Fresh Perspectives

Cultural diversity, innovation, and creativity have long beenthe hallmarks of America’s West. It’s where new ideas areborn and old ideas are heard from new perspectives.

As other broadcast media have scaled back their operations, NPRcontinues to grow. From NPR West, our new landmark facility inCulver City, CA, public radio reaches out to provide an even broaderworld of news, events, and culture. New voices. Different views.Imaginative programming. Multimedia offerings. NPR West is morethan a production center. It's an invitation to come listen and explore.

In 2003, NPR West became fully operational and quickly emergedas a cornerstone in NPR programming and production. The studiosare now home to daily production of two NPR programs, Day toDay and The Tavis Smiley Show.sm Already, NPR West has offeredNPR listeners unique insights into the news of the region. In August, All Things Considered ® launched a year-long look at water management,conservation, and use in the Western states, and offered listeners

detailed, long-form features on the timely issue. NPR’s HowardBerkes reported on prescient explorer and scientist John WesleyPowell, who foresaw the water crisis and engineered early plans forwater usage. Tracing the hardest working river in the United States,Elizabeth Arnold offered insights into the Colorado River, which iscritical to the water supply of seven states. Scott Horsley reportedon the battle between the water needs of rapidly growing cities andthose of farmers, some of whom who have found that selling wateris more profitable than selling crops.

NPR West symbolizes NPR’s bi-coastal innovation and growth. The production center is developing into a key Western culturalinstitution, provides critical support for NPR’s enhanced coverage of the West, and, should dire events cause an outage in Washington,DC, is prepared to carry on NPR News production for the network.

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We’ll explain what we can; we’ll ask what we

want; we’ll offer opinions and ideas; we’ll explore

beliefs and behaviors. And we’ll make a radio

show that goes along day to day rediscovering

the world.Host Alex Chadwick, Day to Day inaugural broadcast, 7/28/03

Alex Chadwick

F rom San Francisco and New York to Flagstaff and Boise,listeners heard something new from NPR in July 2003 —the debut of Day to Day, the newest NPR-produced

news program in a generation. Produced in collaboration withSlate Magazine and hosted by award-winning NPR correspondentAlex Chadwick, Day to Day delves into newsworthy topics with asmart, savvy, and spontaneous approach, featuring contributorsfrom both NPR and Slate. Day to Day is the second program tooriginate from NPR West in California.

Day to Day appeals to the unique mid-day interests of busy listeners by offering NPR news, commentaries, and features inshorter segments, and more stories in the hour. Listeners come to the program for distinctive features, including hard-hitting

exposés of Los Angeles’ odd underbelly by investigative reporterBrian Unger and intrepid producer/sidekick Rob Sachs; common-sense advice on personal finance issues from the WashingtonPost’s Michelle Singletary; and expert insight into the discussionand power players on the Sunday morning TV talk shows withNPR political correspondent Juan Williams.

The first audience reports on the program prove its power: in itsfirst survey period Day to Day reached more than one million listen-ers a week — a record for a new NPR program. After debuting infive of the top ten markets, the program continues to draw newlisteners and ended 2003 on 99 stations across the nation.

Day to Day: The New Sound in NPR News

I’m Tavis Smiley. This is NPR.

Keep the faith.Host Tavis Smiley, The Tavis Smiley Show, 2/27/03

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Tavis Smiley

NPR and member stations continue to expand our capacityto serve diverse audiences — and to build awareness ofpublic radio among African-American, Hispanic, and other

under-served listeners.

With its provocative commentary, exclusive interviews, and reports on everything from politics to pop culture, The Tavis Smiley Show,produced at NPR West, presents the news from a fresh perspectivefor listeners of all backgrounds. Driven by Smiley’s trademark passion and energy, the program has become one of the fastestgrowing programs in NPR history, ending the year with a diverse,rapidly expanding audience of nearly one million listeners per weekon more than 80 public radio stations.

In 2003, entrepreneur, minister, father, and former congressman J.C.Watts came to The Tavis Smiley Show as a regular commentator. Hejoins a distinguished group of commentators on the show, includingPrinceton professor Cornel West, author and professor Michael EricDyson, noted civil rights attorney Connie Rice, and Ward Connerly, amember of the University of California Board of Regents.

In his first two years hosting The Tavis Smiley Show, Smiley captivated listeners with revealing interviews with newsmakers andpersonalities including Kofi Annan, Maya Angelou, Magic Johnson,Condoleezza Rice, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Abner Louima, Bill Gates, Chris Rock, Ray Charles, and John McCain.

The Tavis Smiley Show:Hard News and Penetrating Observations

npr.org: Go Deeper and Discover More

Each morning when I arrive around 5:30, I turn on the

laptop, access your show through the NPR Web site, and

listen to yesterday’s show. Why? I’m an international

teacher from Green Bay, WI., teaching in San Pedro Sula,

Honduras, for my first year. I cannot just turn on NPR

and listen to the show. Thank you for the continual work

that goes into your Web site to bring me the best of radio!

Muchas gracias!Greg Le Moine, Escuela Internacional Sampedrana

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Listeners from around the globe and across the nation cometo npr.org to enrich their NPR experience and expand theironline horizons. No matter where they live or when they visit,

npr.org offers NPR listeners convenient and immediate access totheir favorite NPR programs and stories. For listeners far from homeor those who just want to catch the piece they missed during theirmorning commute, npr.org offers a rich array of online resources –from news headlines to a treasure-trove of photos, extended interviews,special features, and Web-only columns by NPR personalities. The site also offers a popular “e-mail a friend” feature that enablesvisitors to easily share their favorite NPR stories with their colleaguesand families.

In 2003, millions of unique visitors came to npr.org every month for exclusive offerings focused on major news events – from online coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to the Iraq War.

As the war began, npr.org visitors found a broad array of perspectiveson the conflict, with a series of exclusive, personal essays and photosfrom NPR correspondents in the field. In a continuing series called“War Diaries,” NPR shared the first-person accounts and reflectionsof individuals affected by the Iraq War, from those in combat zonesto those on the home front, including the mother of a fallen soldierand an Iraqi exile.

Whether visitors come to npr.org to listen to archived editions of their favorite programs, connect with their local NPR stations’ program schedules and online programs steams, or browse throughthe fun finds in the NPR Shop, npr.org takes listeners further into theNPR experience.

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A cross the organization, on the air and online, NPR used2003 to push programming in new directions and testnew frontiers. It was a year of radio firsts: the first news

co-production with the BBC — the global town hall “Iraq: TheWorld Speaks;” the first radio-only debate in a decade, producedin collaboration with member station WOI in Ames, Iowa, inJanuary, featuring the Democratic presidential candidates; and All Things Considered’s news-breaking interview with U.N.weapons inspection chief Hans Blix.

Over the course of the year, NPR News offered deep and substantivereportage on the issues influencing our lives. Listeners came toNPR to learn more about the legacy of Brown vs. the Board ofEducation and its impact on education and race over the last fivedecades. We explored the circumstances confronting girls in thejuvenile justice system, studied the issues surrounding theCalifornia recall battle, and, through a year-long series by NoahAdams, traced the personal stories of the working poor. Overseas,NPR News offered a major series studying terrorism in SoutheastAsia, reports on Islam’s impact on Europe, and unparalleled coverageof the war in Iraq. Interwoven with hard-hitting news reports werefeatures that offered insight into the arts and humanities, includingthe debut of Morning Edition’s® “Honky Tonks, Hymns and theBlues” series.

In November 2003 NPR announced an astounding $230 milliongift from philanthropist Joan B. Kroc. Mrs. Kroc designated thatthe majority of the bequest would go to the NPR Foundation’sEndowment Fund for Excellence, bringing NPR a definitive senseof security that inspired unfettered thinking about the ways NPRcan expand and improve our service to the American public in the years ahead.

Bolstered by the bequest, to support our public interest obligationto provide the highest-quality journalism to the nation, NPR hasmade plans for a three-year, multi-million dollar expansion of ournews offerings, which will strengthen and deepen NPR’s coverageof breaking news as well as national and international develop-ments, and support growth in our investigative reporting.

Listeners and member stations trust NPR as America’s foremostprovider of journalism that opens minds, broadens horizons, andinspires active involvement in today’s issues and ideas. Going forward, NPR News will continue to build on our exponentialgrowth and use our resources to more firmly position NPR inAmerican media — and Americans’ consciousness — as the foremost source of credible and independent news and information.

Expansion in NPR News

Our goal is to serve member stations and their listeners with expanded

in-depth reports from around the country and the world. We recognize

that in this era, Americans seek reliable fact-based journalism that is

up-to-the-minute and provides deep context and detail.Kevin Klose, NPR President and CEO

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From Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles,

welcome to a special broadcast from NPR –

‘Soundstage LA,’ an inaugural gala concert by the

Los Angeles Philharmonic.Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg,NPR Music Special, 10/25/03

NPR listeners enjoy front-row seats for some of theworld’s most extraordinary musical events — fromCarnegie Hall to Vienna’s Musikverein. With unparalleled

access to the world’s premiere classical music artists and events,NPR ushers listeners from their armchairs and automobiles intothe thriving music world, with interviews and performances by topartists. In 2003, NPR was live on location at the gala opening ofWalt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the debut of SimonRattle with the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, and some of the nation’s great summer music festivals, including Tanglewood,the summer home of the Boston Symphony; the Aspen MusicFestival in Colorado; and SummerFest LaJolla in San Diego.

In 2003, NPR transformed World of Operasm into a year-round program featuring new productions from major American operacompanies, with the dynamic Lisa Simeone in the host chair.

Also in 2003, NPR announced a new partnership with ClassicalPublic Radio Network (CPRN) to make CPRN’s high-quality, 24-hour classical music service available to public radio stationsand their listeners across the nation. Created five years ago byColorado Public Radio and University of Southern California Radio(KUSC) in Los Angeles, CPRN’s versatile format complementslocal music presentations as well as NPR’s popular national programs. As public radio stations continue to seek ways toexpand and focus their programming, this new alliance with CPRN helps NPR provide more and better service to NPR’s classical music stations.

CPRN joins NPR’s other classical offerings, including the daily two-hour Performance Today, America’s most listened-to classicalmusic program; SymphonyCast sm, a weekly showcase of theworld’s greatest symphony orchestras; and Sunday Baroque,sm

produced by member station WSHU, Fairfield, CT.

Celebrating Opera and Classical Music

Performance Today® host Fred Child (pictured)and host Korva Coleman welcome NPR listenersto the creative vitality of classical music.

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S tep into her parlor, and hold on to your seat. For more than 20 remarkable years, jazz pianist Marian McPartland and hercelebrated musical guests have teamed up for an hour of

weekly jazz sessions from NPR.

In 2003, listeners heard “Marian McPartland’s 85th Birthday Bashfrom Birdland,” an unforgettable night at the historic jazz club in NewYork, with host Charles Osgood and artists ranging from NorahJones to Tony Bennett paying tribute to the Peabody Award-winning,legendary Piano Jazz host. The two-hour special will be released asa Concord Jazz CD.

Celebrating special days is a specialty for NPR Music — on occasionsboth somber and celebratory. In February, NPR joined with memberstation KUHF in Houston to offer a live broadcast to the nation of the

Houston Symphony’s memorial concert to the victims of theColumbia Space Shuttle. Over the holidays, NPR Music offeredsomething for everyone, including two sold-out “Jazz PianoChristmas” programs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, a Tavis Smiley-hosted gospel version of Handel’s masterworkMessiah called Too Hot to Handel, “Holiday Pops” featuring KeithLockhart and the Boston Pops in concert at Symphony Hall inBoston, “Toast of the Nation,” our coast-to-coast New Year’s Eve live jazz program, and the first-ever NPR broadcast of the New Year’s Day from Vienna concert, the most popular holiday concert in the world. Through a technological advancement, NPR also madeour holiday programming available via wireless in coffee shops around the nation, thanks to our innovative partnership with exclusiveunderwriter Starbucks.®

NPR Jazz and Holiday Programming

NPR jazz programs won high praise in the 2003 New York Festivals International Radio Programming

and Promotion Awards “recognizing the world’s best work in news, information, entertainment, and

on-air talent programming and promotion.” Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz won a Gold World Medal

in the entertainment category for "Best Regularly Scheduled Music Show.” JazzSet with Dee Dee

Bridgewater ® won a Silver World Medal in the same category, for a tribute to Ray Brown.

I know some people find a style and stay in

that style, but I’m interested in hearing what’s

new and what’s going on.Host Marian McPartland of Marian McPartland’sPiano Jazz® as quoted in the Vancouver Sun, 11/19/03

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Summer has hit the

Midwest hard...So

we’ve decided to head

somewhere where

they’ve heard very

nice things about the

sun, but haven’t

actually ever seen it

— Portland, Oregon.

We’ll try to pierce

the cloud-cover of

ignorance about the

week’s news.Host Peter Sagal, Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, at the live show with KOPB, 6/21/03

P eople come to NPR to learn...and to laugh. With their signature whip-smart wit and wisdom, host Peter Sagaland score-keeper Carl Kasell greet listeners each week

on Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!® the oddly informative news quiz pro-duced in collaboration with Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ). In 2003,the program averaged one million listeners in an average quarterhour, a spectacular achievement for so young a program.

The program continues to expand its national presence with a series of sold-out live shows, held in collaboration with member stations including WKSU (Kent, Ohio), WUAL (Tuscaloosa, Alabama),KOPB (Portland, Oregon), WUOM (Ann Arbor, Michigan), KMUW(Wichita, Kansas), WUNC (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), NHPR (New Hampshire), and co-producing station WBEZ (Chicago, Illinois).These live, on-location programs are one way that NPR uses

Whip-Smart Wit and Wisdom:

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programming to help stations build audience, raise funds, and bringlisteners face-to-face with the personalities they enjoy.

Elsewhere on NPR, the fun continued this year with high-octanehijinks on Car Talk,® as Tom and Ray Magliozzi offered listeners automotive advice for another phenomenal year. Whether they’refinding the fun in engine failure or taking the fear out of car repair,

Tom and Ray mix guffaws with great advice. The show continues to reap larger audiences and ended 2003 with more than four million weekly listeners. The wise and witty program continues to be the most listened-to entertainment program in public radio, and is considered “appointment radio” for its loyal fans.

Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!

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Beverly Kirk

Sheilah Kast

From NPR news in

Washington, a PBS/NPR

Newsbrief, I’m Beverly

Kirk. The US will now

require armed guards on

international flights in

and out of this country

if there’s intelligence

suggesting the flight

has been targeted by

terrorists...Anchor Beverly Kirk, PBS/NPR Newsbrief, 12/29/03

PBS/NPR Newsbriefs: Beyond Radio

W ith its inaugural broadcast in December 2003,PBS/NPR Newsbriefs extended our quality journalismto public television viewers with hourly 30-second

television news reports produced by NPR for PBS stations.Anchored by Beverly Kirk, formerly with NBC News Channel, andveteran ABC and public television correspondent Sheilah Kast, the service is produced at NPR’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

As a complement to PBS's in-depth news and public affairs programs, PBS/NPR Newsbrief brings NPR’s trusted reporting and worldwide resources to PBS viewers as news unfolds.Supported by NPR News, the service presents NPR’s award-winning news coverage to television audiences who share natural affinities with NPR listeners, and encourages sampling of NPR’s radio programming.

NPR and its stations have never thought of digital

radio as just a technical, transmission, or experimental

activity; it is a holistic undertaking...to deliver

meaningful new public services. Mike Starling

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W ith the support of Kenwood USA and HarrisCorporation, NPR in 2003 launched the TomorrowRadio Project to explore the future and viability of

digital high-definition (HD) radio technologies.

No longer a hypothetical construct, digital HD radio will allow NPRstations to use their existing spectrum to offer listeners two or moreradio formats on the same station — once approved by the FCC —and to better serve increasingly diverse listener demands. Nonprofitradio stations will soon be able to do more with what they alreadyhave and avoid the pressure to compete for scarce and expensivenew frequencies. Listeners could be the biggest winners, with evenmore public radio programming and services at their fingertips.

In 2003, the Tomorrow Radio Project held field tests in four major radio markets — San Francisco and Long Beach, CA; New York,NY; and Washington, DC — with stellar results. The service affordedexcellent signal coverage and audio quality with no interference withexisting signals.

With this project, NPR continues to foster the culture of innovation in our industry and remains at the forefront of developing new technologies that embrace changes in listeners’ use of media and advance the ideals of public service.

Tomorrow Radio Project:NPR Explores New Technology

Mike Starling, NPR Vice Presidentfor Engineering and Operations

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O ur unique partnership with hundreds of independent, community-service oriented NPR member stations acrossthe nation distinguishes NPR from every other media

organization. To fulfill our shared mission, NPR and member stationswork hand-in-hand every day to provide listeners with the highestquality non-commercial programming possible. The relationshipbetween NPR and our stations is at the core of what we do, and why we do it. This year, we built on that relationship with a number of key initiatives.

In 2003, at the request of member stations, NPR instituted a systemthat enables NPR to immediately feed breaking news or special

coverage directly to stations’ air throughout the nation on a 24/7basis. This service ensures that listeners are kept up-to-date during breaking news and intense news periods, whenever suchevents occur.

In February 2003, NPR and member station representatives met inWashington for a retreat focused on three urgent issues confrontingthe public radio system: the use of digital technology to enhance the quality, diversity, and accessibility of public radio programming;efforts to preserve and expand non-commercial stations; and theneed to reach new audiences and increase public awareness of the benefits of public radio.

NPR Stations: Making Public Radio Possible

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Throughout the year, NPR offered stations representation on keyissues before the FCC and Congress; secured continued funding of member stations from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for local operations and the digital transition; developed and tested digital radio services; and improved the resources available to stations in the form of new programming, program promotion, and on-air fundraising.

Most notably in 2003, news of the remarkable bequest from the late Joan B. Kroc to NPR and KPBS in San Diego exemplified thevital connection between NPR and public radio stations. Through her long-term relationship with KPBS, Mrs. Kroc recognized the

defining partnership of public radio: local stations collaborating with and through a national network to create an independent public service that is both broad and deep.

The scope and quality of NPR station broadcasts is unparalleled in American media. Today, signals from NPR member stations reachmore than 99 percent of the American population. For NPR listenersand their communities, NPR member stations provide a critical public service and a wealth of engaging and enlightening local and national programming.

The KPLU Anne Garrels

event last night was HUGELY

successful! Events, stories, and

experiences like that really

make an impact for listeners

and supporters — and drive

home ‘why’ they listen and

support KPLU/NPR. What a

remarkable story, and a

remarkable evening! Thank

you for all your help — and

please pass along KPLU’s

(and our supporters’) gratitude

and appreciation to folks

at NPR for all their

assistance.Kerry Swanson, KPLU Assistant Station Manager, Development andOperations, Seattle, Washington.

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T he support we receive enables NPR to bring you programming that defies expectations, broadens horizons,and inspires thought. It is because of this financial foundation

that NPR continues to be a robust voice in American media.

NPR is an independent non-profit organization funded predominantly by hundreds of autonomous member stations and by corporate sponsorships and foundation grants. NPR strives to keep program feesfrom stations as stable as possible, but contributions from corporatesponsorships and foundations are subject to the whims of the econo-my. Such financial volatility can leave NPR vulnerable, especially whenworld events make extraordinary demands on the NPR News budget.As the economy began to show signs of shaking off its sluggishness of the past several years, NPR's contributions, grants, and sponsorshipsincreased to $44.67 million in FY 2003, approximately 10% ahead ofthe previous year.

In January 2003, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundationawarded an unprecedented grant of $14 million – $10 million to NPRover ten years and $4 million to the NPR Endowment Fund forExcellence. These grants came at a critical juncture as NPR expandeddomestic operations with the opening of NPR West and increased itscommitment to international reporting. In the words of MacArthurFoundation President Jonathan F. Fanton, “NPR has established itselfas one of the most important sources of news and public affairs programming available to the American public and to listeners throughoutthe world.”

International reporting continues to rank as the number one interestamong the 22 million weekly listeners to NPR programming. Support

for international news coverage was provided by the Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the GruberFamily Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation, with additional support for coverage of the war in Iraq from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Foundation support continued to strengthen NPR's capacity to provide comprehensive and balanced coverage of domestic issuesduring 2003. Support for coverage of education and children, youth,and communities was provided by foundations including the CarnegieCorporation of New York, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the FreddieMac Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the SpencerFoundation. NPR’s in-depth coverage of health care and research wasmade possible in large part by support from The Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation, the Retirement Research Foundation, and the RobertWood Johnson Foundation. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundationprovided renewed support for the coverage of small businesses andentrepreneurship. The Melville Charitable Trust continued its generoussupport of NPR’s coverage of issues affecting the low-wage workersand the homeless. Similarly, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the LillyEndowment continued their long-time support of NPR's examination of the role of religion in today's society.

Thoughtful and thought-provoking coverage of environmental issues haslong been a hallmark of NPR's reporting. Support for this coverage wasprovided by foundations including the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,the Park Foundation, the Bullitt Foundation, and the Wallace GeneticFoundation. Talk of the Nation Science Friday was made possible bysupport from the Noyce Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Dibner Fund, among others.

Good information is critical to a well-functioning democracy, all the more so as citizens confront complex

issues of domestic and international policy. NPR is a reliable source of objective information and thoughtful

analysis which places American issues and interests in a worldwide context.

Philanthropy:Making the Connections

NPR is an independent non-profit organization funded predominantly by hundreds of autonomous member stations,

corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants.

• NPR receives no direct federal or other governmental funding

for general support. Less than 2% of NPR’s annual budget

comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally

funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public

Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the

National Science Foundation.

• NPR typically receives half its annual revenues from member

stations for the programming it produces and distributes.

Corporate sponsorships and foundation grants provide most

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y, all the more so as citizens confront complex

le source of objective information and thoughtful

rldwide context.Jonathan F. Fanton, President, the MacArthur Foundation

The foundation community as well as government agencies have provided generous support for NPR’s cultural programming. TheNational Endowment for the Arts has been a long-term supporter ofNPR’s classical music programming — support which continued in2003. Other cultural funders included the Robert W. WoodruffFoundation, which provided support for the annual Dr. Martin LutherKing concert and performances and arts coverage from Atlanta, theArgosy Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and theMusic Performance Fund. The Helen F. Whitaker Fund provides funding for emerging artists-in-residence.

Several foundations provided generous support for the operations ofNPR West in Los Angeles, NPR's largest programming facility outsideof Washington, DC. Foremost among these were the James IrvineFoundation, the Joseph Drown Foundation, the Roth FamilyFoundation, the Ahmanson Foundation, and The David and LucilePackard Foundation. NPR West is the production site for NPR’s twonewest programs, The Tavis Smiley Show and Day to Day. These initiatives were made possible, in large part, by the generous supportof the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

In addition to grants that support specific areas of coverage, NPRdepends upon unrestricted support from foundations, corporations,and others. This support enables NPR the freedom to enhance existing programming, follow emerging issues, and develop newideas. In fiscal year 2003, support was received from the AnnenbergFoundation, the W. K Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, TIAA-CREF, Sodexho, and the Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, among others.

The NPR Foundation was established in 1993 to build a substantialendowment that will both insulate NPR from economic hard timesand provide increased revenue to expand operations. In addition, theTrustees of the NPR Foundation make annual gifts that support NPR’snew initiatives. By supplying a reliable and predictable revenuestream, the NPR Foundation helps strengthen NPR’s public service.

In FY 2003, the Endowment received nearly $5.5 million in new giftsand pledges, bringing the total raised to $33.7 million. Gifts to theEndowment included memberships in the NPR President's Council, a national group of major donors and public radio advocates. ThePresident’s Council holds weekend meetings at NPR headquarters inWashington and at other locations throughout the country, includingChicago in 2003. Meetings feature timely panel discussions with NPRcorrespondents and on-air personalities, as well as other unique activities.

Shortly after the close of FY 2003, NPR learned of an extraordinarybequest of $230 million from the late philanthropist Joan B. Kroc.Mrs. Kroc specified that most of her bequest go to NPR'sEndowment Fund for Excellence, bringing its assets to approximately$229 million in gifts and pledges or about twice NPR's annual operating budget. For the first time in its 33-year history, NPR hassome degree of financial stability that will enable it to plan ahead with assurance, take advantage of unforeseeable challenges andopportunities, and ensure continuing excellence and innovation. NPR expects Endowment revenue to be less than 10% of operatingexpenses. That means that NPR will still have to raise substantialfunds each year in order to support NPR's programming today and tomorrow.

of the remainder and help support NPR’s foreign and domestic

news operation and cultural programming.

• NPR does not solicit contributions directly from listeners.

Member stations raise hundreds of millions of dollars from

listeners annually via on-air pledge drives, direct mail,

telemarketing, the Internet, and other means.

• NPR’s annual operating revenue is supplemented by the

NPR Foundation’s Endowment Fund for Excellence and the

Fund for New Initiatives. These revenues have helped make

possible a number of new initiatives, most recently the launch

of The Tavis Smiley Show and Day to Day, as well as

continued support for NPR Online and NPR West. While receipt

of the unprecedented bequest from Joan Kroc generates

welcomed investment, it does not replace the need to fund

NPR operating expenses.

• NPR is an efficient fund-raiser, spending less than 8¢ for each

dollar raised.

• About 75% of NPR’s annual revenue is invested directly in

news, information and cultural programming.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Revenues

Membership Dues $2,115,535

Station Programming Fees 52,696,842

Grants & Contributions1 44,667,602

Distribution Services 13,279,032

Other2 9,716,036

Total Revenues 122,475,047

Expenses

News & Information 40,584,268

Distribution and Satellite System Replacement 14,319,103

Engineering & Information Technology 13,682,539

Programming Center 10,757,969

NPR Online 5,347,083

Development3 3,830,713

Member & Program Services 2,995,622

NPR2 497,599

General Administration 23,015,531

Total Expenses 115,030,428

Change in Net Assets From Operation 7,444,619

Restricted Grants & Contributions

Restricted for Future Use 19,139,537

Permanantly Restricted 36,317

Released from Restriction for Current Use (8,596,203)

Change in Restricted Net Assets 10,579,651

Change in Net Assets from Operations 18,024,270

Unrealized Gain on Swap Contracts 544,821

Change in Net Assets 18,569,091

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 68,788,296

Net Assets, End of Year $87,357,387

1 Includes Donated Goods & Services and gifts to the NPR Foundation2 Includes conference fees; tapes & transcript services; and investment

income from NPR Foundation, NPR, and Distribution3 Includes expenses for the NPR Foundation.

REVENUES IN MILLIONS

(a) Includes $2,736,778 in donated goods & services and $2,995,259 in gifts to the NPR Foundation.

(b) Includes conference fees; tapes & transcripts services; and investment income from NPR Foundation and Distribution.

(a) Includes 770,505 for the NPR Foundation.

EXPENSES IN MILLIONS

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. & NPR FOUNDATION year ended September 30, 2003

35%News &

Information

20%General

Administration

43%Programming Fees

36%Grants &

Contributions(a)

11%Distribution

Services

8%Other(b)

2%Membership

Dues

12%Distribution

Services

12%Engineering

9.3%Programming

5%NPR Online

3%Member

& ProgramServices

.4%NPR2

3.3%Development(a)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

Current Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents $12,318,390

Investments 23,876,946

Receivables 27,185,189

Inventory 352,809

Prepaid and Other Expenses 694,711

Total Current Assets 64,428,045

Property and Equipment, NET 46,425,746

Other Assets

Long-Term Investments 39,660,999

Long-Term Receivables 11,375,338

Deferred Financing Costs 847,199

Total Other Assets 51,883,536

Total Assets 162,737,327

Liabilities and Net Assets

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable 7,132,908

Current Portion of Long-Term Debt 1,220,000

Accrued Expenses 9,759,745

Accrued Interest Payable 202,813

Deferred Revenues 8,201,558

Total Current Liabilities 26,517,024

Note Payable, Long-Term 2,760,000

Bonds Payable, Long-Term 42,900,000

Interest Rate Swap Contract 3,202,916

Total Liabilities 75,379,940

Net Assets 87,357,387

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $162,737,327

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NPR OFFICERS

Kevin KlosePresident and CEO

Ken SternExecutive Vice President

Bruce DrakeVice President for News and Information

James ElderChief Financial Officer and VP for Finance and

Administration

Barbara A. HallVice President for Development and Executive

Director for the NPR Foundation

Rodney HueyVice President for Communications

Kathleen D. JacksonVice President for Human Resources

Neal A. JacksonVice President for Legal Affairs,

General Counsel and Secretary

Jay KernisSenior Vice President for Programming

Pete LoewensteinVice President for Distribution

Dana Davis RehmVice President for Member

and Program Services

Michael RiksenVice President for National Affairs

Margaret Low SmithVice President for Programming

Michael StarlingVice President for Engineering & Operations

Maria ThomasVice President for Online

NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Handley President & General Manager

WEVO-FM - New Hampshire Public Radio

Concord, NH

Cephas BowlesGeneral Manager, WBGO-FM

Newark, NJ

Paul DelaneyDirector, Initiative on Racial Mythology

of the Gene Media Forum

Washington, DC

Tim EbyStation Manager, WVPE-FM

Elkhart, IN

Jose A. FajardoExecutive VP and COO, WMFE-FM

Orlando, FL

Bruce R. HainesGeneral Manager, WBNI-FM

Fort Wayne, IN

Scott HanleyGeneral Manager, WDUQ-FM

Pittsburgh, PA

John A Herrmann, Jr.Chair, NPR Foundation

New York, NY

Dr. John H. KeiserPresident, Southwest Missouri State University

Springfield, MO

Kevin KlosePresident & CEO, NPR

Washington, DC

Michael H. LazarPresident & General Manager, KXPR-FM

Sacramento, CA

JoAnn UrofskyGeneral Manager, WUSF-FM

Tampa, FL

Mark VogelzangPresident and General Manager,

WVPS-FM-Vermont Public Radio

Colchester, VT

Jo Anne WallaceVP and General Manager, KQED-FM

San Francisco, CA

Judith A. WinstonWinston, Withers & Associates, LLC

Washington, DC

Vin WeberManaging Partner, Clark & Weinstock

Washington, DC

Non-Board D/I CommitteeMembers

Carol PiersonPresident and CEO, NFCB

Oakland, CA

Skip PizziTV Standards & Regulatory Affairs Manager,

Microsoft Corporation

Fairfax, VA

Kenneth C. PohlmannDirector of Music EngineeringUniversity of Miami - School of MusicCoral Gables, FL

Jim RussellSenior Vice President & General Manager

MPR's Marketplace Productions

Los Angeles, CA

NPR FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OfficersJohn A Herrmann, Jr.Chair

New York, New York

Carolyn S. BucksbaumVice Chair

Chicago, Illinois

Paul M. GinsburgVice Chair

Santa Rosa, California

Susan B. King†

Vice Chair

Durham, North Carolina

William J. PoorvuVice Chair

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Barbara A. HallExecutive Director, NPR Foundation and

Vice President, Development, NPR

James B. ElderTreasurer, NPR Foundation and

Chief Financial Officer, NPR

Lois Gardiner ClarkSecretary, NPR Foundation and

Senior Development Associate, NPR

Ex Officio TrusteesKevin KlosePresident and CEO, NPR

Mark HandleyChairman, NPR Board of Directors

TrusteesEmily H. AltschulNew York, New York

Richard BorensteinSan Rafael, California

Henry E. CattoSan Antonio, Texas

Diana S. FergusonChicago, Illinois

Thomas S. FosterWashington, D.C.

Sukey R. GarcettiLos Angeles, California

Harriett GoldLos Angeles, California

Steven Grand-JeanSan Francisco, California

Daniel B. GreenbergVan Nuys, California

Peter N. HeydonAnn Arbor, Michigan

Theodore S. Hochstim†

Dallas, Texas

Iva G. HochstimDallas, Texas

Lisa A. HookWashington, D.C.

Stephen A. HopkinsWashington, D.C.

Patsy IshiyamaSan Francisco, California

Jane Frank KatcherCoconut Grove, Florida

Lou C. KerrOklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mark J. KingtonAlexandria, Virginia

Charles and Cary Orr-KissnerLos Altos Hills, California

Harlan KleimanSausalito, California

Timothy K. KrauskopfDowners Grove, Illinois

Jonathan W. KutchinsBoston, Massachusetts

Lowell H. Lebermann, Jr.Austin, Texas

Elaine Lindley LeBuhnNew York, New York

John N. LillyMinneapolis, Minnesota

Lyle LoganChicago, Illinois

Stuart E. LucasChicago, Illinois

Ernest G. LudyAnn Arbor, Michigan

Anne MaiPort Washington, New York

Joseph C. McNayBoston, Massachusetts

Robert M. Montgomery, Jr.West Palm Beach Florida

Thomas A. MooreNew York, New York

Roland D. PampelMystic, Connecticut

Patricia PapperMiami, Florida

Jane V. PeyrouseBoston, Massachusetts

Norman PortenoyWashington, D.C.

Lee B. RamerLos Angeles, California

Richard RampellPalm Beach, Florida

Alison RossAtherton, California

Susan W. RotenstreichNew York, New York

Nancy S. SandersBeverly Hills, California

Arthur I. SegelBrookline, Massachusetts

Jonah ShacknaiPhoenix, Arizona

Esther Silver-ParkerNew York, New York

Susan R. SolomonNew York, New York

Judith Z. SteinbergWashington, D.C.

Howard H. StevensonBoston, Massachusetts

Ms. Bernee D.L. StromKirkland, Washington

Roselyne C. SwigSan Francisco, California

Susan H. TurbenWilloughby Hills, Ohio

Martin I. ZankelSan Francisco, California

NPR PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003Susan Ascher and Paul KalbWashington, DC

Elizabeth Ballantine and PaulLeavittMcLean, VA

Judith Barnard and MichaelFainAspen, CO

Ed and Gene BarthOklahoma City, OK

Hilary BatesSan Francisco, CA

Jim and Libby BeasleyWest Palm Beach, FL

Robert and Nancy BergerLos Angeles, CA

Madeline BermanSouthfield, MI

Norris and Debi BishtonPacific Palisades, CA

David Brody and KimberlyCameron BrodyTiburon, CA

Melva Bucksbaum andRaymond LearsyNew York, NY

Claire and Dan CarlevaroSan Francisco, CA

Barbara and Tom ChristopherOak Brook, IL

Lois Pincus CohnBloomfield Hills, MI

Doris and Howard ConantChicago, IL

Mark Cullen and Fiona SmytheSan Francisco, CA

Yogen & Peggy DalalPalo Alto, CA

John and Catherine DebsPalo Alto, CA

Ruth DebsSan Francisco, CA

Strachan DonnelleyNew York, NY

John and Yvette DubinskySt. Louis, MO

Robin and Lenny EberKentfield, CA

Richard and Gail EldenChicago, IL

Carolyn EverettNew York, NY

Edith EverettNew York, NY

Michael Faber and Joan ShifrinWashington, DC

Richard and Deborah FelderAspen, CO

Betsy and Rick FijolekDallas, TX

Robert and Cheryl FishkoNew York, NY

Ed Forman and Jan SwanbergAtherton, CA

Ellen and Philip FreidinCoconut Grove, FL

John Friedman and Jean GoldFriedmanSanta Monica, CA

Andrew and Bronya GalefLos Angeles, CA

Gideon and Sarah GartnerAspen, CO

Lanny and Judith GertlerSanta Monica, CA

Peggy GoldwynBeverly Hills, CA

Barbara and Gary GrantAtlanta, GA

Ruth GreenbergLos Angeles, CA

Agnes Gund and Daniel ShapiroNew York, NY

Norman and Carole HofleyWilson, WY

Michael and Jane HorvitzCleveland, OH

Peter and Karen JakesNew York, NY

Nelson and Susanne JoynerReston, VA

Kathleen Kennedy and FrankMarshallEncino, CA

Bill KerrJackson, WY

Leo and Laura KornfeldRye, NY

David and Becky LeBuhnGlenbrook, NV

Martin LevinCambridge, MA

Lee and Joanne LyonAspen, CO

James MarshLittle Compton, RI

John and Laurie McBrideSnowmass, CO

Stephen and CarolynMcCandlessNew York,NY

Michael Meyers and JudithBrown MeyersSan Francisco, CA

Louise MorrisHouston, TX

Tom and Marilyn NielsenNewport Beach, CA

Peter NortonSanta Monica, CA

Tom and Barbara PayneParadise Valley,AZ

Donald Pels and Wendy KeysNew York, NY

Sarah PeterNew York, NY

Sandy and Barry PressmanPacific Palisades, CA

Andrew and Debbie RachleffPortola Valley, CA

Richard and Ellen RampellPalm Beach, FL

Toni and Carl RandolphMiami Beach, FL

George and Nancy RecordsOklahoma City, OK

Brian and Andrea RowbothamAlamo, CA

Ellen and Richard SandorChicago, IL

Patrick and Mary ScanlanWoody Creek, CO

Ina SchnellLongboat Key, FL

Jon and Mary ShirleyMedina, WA

Beth SmithKansas City,MO

Lubert and Andrea StryerStanford,CA

Rosalie TaubmanDallas, TX

Chuck and Dawn ThorntonPotomac, MD

AffymetrixSanta Clara, CA

Larry Turman and LaureeBerger TurmanLos Angeles, CA

Louis Tyrrell and KathleenHolmesManalapan, FL

Joan WarburgGreenwich, CT

Herman Warsh and MarvanneMottSanta Barbara, CA

Candace WeirAlbany, NY

Betty WeissAspen, CO

Bob Williams and Meg CaldwellSaratoga, CA

Ed and Jan WoodsSanta Monica, CA

Jason WrightSouth Kent, CT

Alan and Irene WurtzelWashington, DC

Jean WymanBaltimore, MD

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NPR FOUNDATION1993 - 2003 (Cumulative)

$5 million +Anonymous (1)

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation

$1 million - $4,999,999Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

The Ford Foundation

Anne and John Herrmann

The Kresge Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999The Ahmanson Foundation

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation

William and Lia Poorvu

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

$250,000 - $499,999Edith and Henry Everett

The Flora Family Foundation

Marcia and Paul Ginsburg

The Gruber Family Foundation

The Mosaic Foundation of Rita and

Peter Heydon

Jennifer and Ted Stanley

Susan & John Turben Foundation

Wellington Management Company, LLP

$100,000 - $249,999Anonymous (2)

Bandai America

The William Bingham Foundation

The Bodri Foundation of the Jewish

Community Endowment Fund

Leilani and Richard Borenstein

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Edward E. Elson

Robert Glaser

The Marc Haas Foundation, Inc.

The Kerr Foundation

Henri Keyzer-Andre Charitable Trust

Susan B. King

Laura and Gary Lauder

Montgomery Family Trust

Avril and Tom Moore

Estate of Elizabeth Moreno

New England Foundation

New Prospect Foundation

Pittway Charitable Foundation

Raymond James Financial Services

Roth Family Foundation

Jonah Shacknai

Joanne and Mark Sklar

Judith Zee Steinberg and Paul Hoenmans

L.C. and Margaret Walker Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Anonymous (2)

Alltel Corporation

Dean V.Ambrose

Catto Charitable Foundation

Dan Ciampa

David B. Gold Foundation

Hale and Dorr, LLP

Mele Howland and Tim Krauskopf

Wendy Keys and Donald Pels

Cary Orr-Kissner and Charles Kissner

Sandy and Harlan Kleiman

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

Elaine and Robert LeBuhn

Barbara Linhart

Susan and Stuart Lucas

Carol and Roland Pampel

Patricia M. and Emanuel M. Papper

Foundation

Sandra S. Pressman

Lee and Lawrence Ramer

Sarah P. and William R. Robertson

Charitable Trust

SAP

Kristina L. Simmons

Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg

Fredi and Howard Stevenson

Mark G.and Bernee D.L. Strom Foundation

Roselyne C. Swig

The Estate of Frank Tick

$25,000 - $49,999Anonymous (3)

AT&T Foundation

Katherine Brittain and David Bradley

Meg Caldwell and Bob Williams

The Coca-Cola Company

Roy E. Crummer Foundation

Dove Audio

Fairfax County Economic Development

Authority

Firman Fund

Cheryl and Robert Fishko

Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

The Honorable Henrietta H. Fore

Thomas S. Foster

Samuel J & Connie M Frankino Charitable

Foundation

The Estate of Leah Fred

Harriett and Richard Gold

Nan and Steve Grand-Jean

Guest Services

The Irving Harris Foundation

Iva and Ted Hochstim

Lisa A. Hook

Judy and Stephen Hopkins

Hughes Communications

Susanne and Nelson Joyner

Kahn Charitable Foundation

The Kington Foundation

Jonathan Kutchins

Becky and David LeBuhn

Anne and Vincent Mai

James E. Marsh

The Estate of Thomas Alan Mattasits

Carolyn and Stephen McCandless

John McBride

Katherine Moore and John Lilly

Louise Morris

Sarah Peter

Ellen and Richard Rampell

Alison and Ken Ross

Brian Rowbotham

Betsy and Jeffrey Sechrest

Shoenberg Foundation, Inc.

Malan Strong

The Bydale Foundation

Candace and David Weir

Zenith National Insurance Company

$5,000 - $24,999Anonymous (4)

S & A Agate Foundation

Leigh and Martin Alderson-Smith

Edna Marie O'Brien Allen Foundation

Susan Alschuler

Joanne and James Alter

American Express Company

Amgen, Inc.

Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn

Susan M. Ascher

Lucy and Peter Ascoli

Association of American Publishers, Inc.

The Ayer Family Foundation

Elizabeth Ballantine and Paul Leavitt

Judith Barnard and Michael Fain

Libby and James Beasley

Nancy and Robert Berger

Harold D. Berkowitz

The Bernheim Foundation

Sandra and Archer Bishop

Black Entertainment Television

The Mary Ann Blackinton Trust

The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein

Foundation

Mickey and Gordon Bodek

Bronner, Slosberg, Humphrey

Betty Brown

Laurie and Drew Brown

Tina Brown and Harold Evans

Sarah and Douglas Brown

Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy

California Community Foundation

Claire and Dan Carlevaro

Mary and Harry Charlston

Barbara and Tom Christopher

Patricia Cloherty

Lois Pincus Cohn

Debi Coleman and Judith Bieberk

Doris Howard Conant

21

Corning Incorporated Foundation

Corinna Cotsen and Lee Rosenbaum

H.S. Dakin Company

Joseph J. Deliso

Lois De Domenico

Deloitte & Touche

Leslie and John Dorman

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Yvette and John Dubinsky

Robin and Leonard Eber

Gail and Richard Elden

Amitai Etzioni

Tawna and John Farmer

The Richard and Deborah Felder

Foundation

Jeffrey Firestone

Elizabeth and Robert J. Fisher

Barbara and Fleck

Nancy M. Folger

Nancy and Gary Freedman

Ellen and Philip Freidin

Clayton Edward Frey

Jean Gold Friedman and John Friedman

Funding Exchange

Bronya and Andrew Galef

Gideon Gartner

Judith and Leonard Gertler

J. Paul Getty Trust

Peaches and Edward Gilbert

Genevieve Ginsburg

Patricia and David Giuliani

The Samuel Goldberg & Sons

Foundation

Mary and Bruce Goodman

Ruth C. Greenberg

Martha W. Griffin

Sara and Ed Groark

Audrey and Martin Gruss Foundation

A G Foundaton

Harlken Foundation

Lund and James Hedges

Shirley and Barnett Helzberg

Paul H. Henkin

The Hermes Foundation

Walter Clay Hill Family Foundation

Hill and Knowlton Worldwide Co.

Peter Hirshberg

Jane and Michael Horvitz

John Brockway Huntington Foundation

Susan and Joel Hyatt

Valerie and Allen Hyman

Kathy and Victor Hymes

Benjamin and Janice Isenberg

Isenberg Family Charitable Trust

Gary Jacobs

Mary Jaffe

Jewish Communal Fund

Lael F. Johnson

The Lester E. Kabacoff Family Foundation

Beth and Fred Karren

Kartozian Family Foundation

Jane and Jerry Katcher

Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd.

Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall

Jeffrey Kenner

Robert G. Kerrigan

Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation

Jane and Charles Klein

The Estate of Alice J. Kling

Patricia M. Kluge

Laura and Leo Kornfeld

Judith and Steve Krantz

A.R. Landsman Foundation, Inc.

Natalie Lansburgh

Robert C. Larson

Evelyn and Leonard Lauder

The Lautenberg Family Foundation

Lynn and Ted Leonsis

Martin H. Levin

Laurence Levine

Toby Lewis

Eli Lilly and Company

Edmund Littlefield, Jr.

Ernest G. Ludy

Kay and James Mabie

Jeanna Mathews

The Mayfield Fund Foundation at the

Peninsula Community Foundation

Patricia McClung and Allen Morgan

Brooks McEwen and Joshua Brand

Robert E. McGill Jr.

Merlin Foundation

Jacqueline Merrill and Jay Hughes

Judith Brown Meyers and

Michael L. Meyers

Barbara and James Moltz

Sheila and James Mossman

Larry Neeb

Brooke and Daniel Neidich

Judith Neisser

Karen and John Nestor

The John and Florence Newman

Foundation

Ruthann Nichols

Marilyn and Thomas Nielsen

Nike, Inc.

Northern Trust Company

Eileen Norton

Peter Norton Family Foundation

Katherine L. Olson

Barbara and Ken Oshman

Norman and Mary Pattiz Foundation

Barbara and Thomas Payne

Carey and Dan Pearlman

Carol and David Pensky

Melinda and Tom Peters

Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Lois Pope

Jim R. Porter

Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert

Debbie and Andrew Rachleff

Francoise Rambach

Toni and Carl Randolph

Jaya Rao

Robert Rashkin

Nancy and George Records

Joseph Reiter

Shawnelle Richie and Lyle Logan

Cappy and Harold Rooks

Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation

Carol Rosofsky and Robert Lifton

William Rouhana

Harry Saal

Martha Sagon

Nancy and Barry Sanders

Mary and Patrick Scanlan

Ina Schnell

Segal-Davis Foundation, Inc.

Larraine Segil

Shaklee Corporation

Greg Shaw

Joan Shifrin and Michael Faber

Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein

The Estate of Nora Smith

Jane Smith Turner Foundation

Fiona Smythe and Mark Cullen

Babette Sobel

Jean G. Spaulding

Spencer Foundation

Susan Stamberg

Edward Stern

Stolaroff Family Foundation

The Sudikoff Family Foundation

Sugahara Foundation

Judith Sulzberger

The Summit Foundation

Sussman Family Foundation

Lois Fisher Svitavsky Revocable Trust

Jan Swanberg and Ed Forman

John Swift

Ten Ten Foundation

George & Louise Thornton Charitable

Foundation

Katie Tillman

Ethel Timan

Robyn and Jeffrey Timan

Tobias Family Trust

Lauree Berger Turman and

Lawrence Turman

Carolyn Turner

Gene Valentine

Verizon

Charles H. Warner

William S. Wasserman

Karen and Les Weinstein

Betty Weiss

Weissberg Foundation

The David and Sylvia Weisz Family

Philanthropic Fund, Inc.

Jovita and Lorenzo Williams

The Winokur Family Foundation, Inc.

Rawson L. Wood

Jan and Edward Woods

Jason Wright

Alan and Irene Wurtzel

Jean Wyman

Margaret and Martin Zankel

Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca & Fischer

GIFTS TO THE NPR ANNUALFUND of $1,000 or more forthe period of January 1 -December 31, 2003

Foundation, Governent and Individual$3 million +The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation*

The David and Lucile Packard

Foundation*

The Wallace Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation*

$1 million - $2,999,999The Annenberg Foundation*

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The Ford Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation*

$500,000 - $999,999Anonymous (2)

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation*

W.K. Kellogg Foundation*

The Kresge Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts*

$250,000 - $499,999The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

The Melville Charitable Trust

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation*

National Science Foundation

Lois Pope Life Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation *

$100,000 - $249,999The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Edith and Henry Everett

The Gruber Family Foundation

George Gund Foundation

The Joyce Foundation

Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Lumina Foundation for Education

National Endowment for the Arts

$50,000 - $99,999Anonymous (1)

The Argosy Foundation

Freddie Mac Foundation

Jewish Communal Fund

The Bernard Osher Foundation

The Retirement Research Foundation

Tinker Foundation, Inc.

Vanguard Charitable Trust

Paul Weinberg

The Norman & Rosita Winston

Foundation, Inc.

$25,000 - $49,999AT&T Foundation

The Bullitt Foundation

Cogan Family Foundation

The Dibner Fund

Joseph Drown Foundation

The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Kahn Charitable Foundation

Park Foundation, Inc.

Pittway Charitable Foundation

Helmut Wolfgang Schumann Foundation

The Smart Family Foundation, Inc.

under $24,999Anonymous (3)

AKC Fund, Inc.

Altenklingen Foundation

Antioch Independence Fund of

Charitable Gift Fund

The Ayer Family Foundation

Penelope and William Bardel

Bo Barker

Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation

The William Bingham Foundation

Helen M. Blasco

Freya & Richard Block Family Foundation

The Boston Foundation

Malinda Pennoyer Chouinard

The Community Foundation for the

National Capital Region

Roy E. Crummer Foundation

Richard R. Cundall Family Fund of

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Andrew R. DeMar Family Foundation

The Dick Family Foundation

Jennifer Drake

Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Foundation

JRS Dryfoos Charitable Lead Trust

Ducommun and Gross Foundation

The Richard Eaton Foundation, Inc.

Amitai Etzioni

R.S. Evans Foundation, Inc.

Avery and Janet Fisher Foundation, Inc.

Ruth Z. Fleishman Foundation

J.S. Frank Foundation

The Jack & Pauline Freeman

Foundation, Inc.

The Frelinghuysen Foundation

Walter Henry Freygang Foundation

Abraham Fuchsberg Family

Foundation, Inc.

Funding Exchange

J.B. Fuqua Foundation

Furth Family Foundation

Nancy J. Gallinger

GDS Legacy Foundation

Fred Gellert Family Foundation

Judith Gerson

Good Works Foundation

The Gottlieb Family Foundation

Kay Sprinkel Grace

Calla and Ralph Guild

Margaret A. Hamberg and Peter F. Brown

Mary W. Harriman Foundation

Irving Harris Foundation

Holborn Foundation

Anita M. Hoyt Trust

Hugo Neu Corporation

Humans All Foundation

JENNJOE Fund of the Community

Foundation of NJ

Don Knotts

C.L.C. Kramer Foundation

Pamela and Dick Kramlich

Jan Krauss and Mark Brazill

Jeanette and H. Peter Kriendler

Charitable Trust

Nixon E. Lauridsen

The Leighty Foundation

Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc.

Anne Mallonee

S. Edward Marder

Alfred, Lee & Peter Mayer Foundation

Estate of Patrick J. McMahon

The Middle Passage Foundation

Rebecca and Michael Murray

The New York Community Trust

Susan and Lynn Orr

JaMel and Thomas Perkins

Lisa and John Pritzker

Jaya Rao

Ritter Foundation

Robbins Family Fund

Toni and Arthur Rock

Blandina Rojek Charitable Lead Trust

SBC Foundation

Susan Scharf and Steve Ross

W. Ford Schumann Foundation

John A. Sellon Charitable Residual Trust

Denise Selz

Jeffrey Michael Seretan

Caroline N. Sidnam

David Bruce Smith Foundation

Heidi and Pete Spencer

Spirer-Leitzer Family Fund of the Maine

Community Foundation

Penny and E. Roe Stamps

Malan Strong

Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.

Thendara Foundation

The Tou Foundation

Caroline B. Tredway

Jacqueline Valluzzo

Van Brimer Family Foundation

Gloria Vollmayer Trust

The Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation

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